As the three of us sat in the Prosperous, Co. Kildare parish centre, briefly sharing on the topic of ‘family’, during the buzz session of the first parish conversation on Amoris Laetitia, I thought to myself: “All human life is here.” For there we were – three people – a young single man, a widow…
As Ireland prepares to open its arms to welcome families from across the world to the 9th World Meeting of Families, the 5,500th registration for the August event has just been recorded. This registration milestone coincides with the official six-month countdown to the events which will begin on Tuesday, August 21. Commenting on the registration…
A veteran Republican activist has become the latest high-profile member of Sinn Féin to quit the party over its support for abortion. Longstanding Derry-based Francis Brolly is among several Sinn Féin politicians on both sides of the border to speak out strongly against the party line on the issue. Mr Brolly, a former member of…
A movie about the life of an Irish nun who died in an earthquake in Ecuador will be launched on the second anniversary of her death in her hometown Derry. All or Nothing tells the story of Sr Clare Crockett who entered the Servant Sisters of the Home of the Mother in 2001, aged 18. From 2006…
Two medical professionals have moved to the forefront of a new pro-life campaign that aims to highlight what could happen if the Eighth Amendment is removed from the constitution for both the general public and those working in the health sector. Pro-life group Save the 8th launched their video campaign this week which tells the…
The Peter McVerry Trust will be using “exceptional measures” to offer shelter and extra resources for those living out in the street ahead of a period of severe and frosty weather that is going to heavily affect Ireland this week. According to Pat Doyle, CEO of the Peter McVerry Trust, the extended precautions being taken…
The Pope should be afforded the same diplomatic courtesy any head of state gets when they visit Ireland, and the Government should open up the coffers an Irish columnist has said. Although there are some who believe the Catholic hierarchy are a “baleful presence still pulling at the strings” in Ireland, it’s is not the…
People of Faith are underrepresented on TV, but a new US comedy show about a man who tries to live in line with Bible values hopes to change that, according to its executive producer Johnny Galecki. Mr Galecki, 42, who plays physicist Leonard Hofstadter on The Big Bang Theory, says Living Biblically, which premiered on CBS on February…
Iraqi Catholic leaders are urging Christians to remain steadfast this Lenten season as they encounter challenges of the so-called Islamic State›s legacy. In a Lenten pastoral letter, Chaldean Catholic Patriarch Louis Sako of Baghdad urged Iraqi Christians to pursue unity with other Christians at this sacred time with “open hearts”. “Many Christians today live in…
Christians in China’s central Henan province have been banned from displaying religious couplets over Chinese New Year. Government officials visited villages and towns to deliver notices ordering people not to follow a practice that has become a tradition during the festival. Local Catholics are concerned that a new round of religious oppression is aimed at the province. With black…
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